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Picture Prompt Organization (Freebie!)

A few years ago when the teacher toolbox craze hit I really wanted to hop on board, but it did not happen until last summer. I decided to make a toolbox not only for my supplies, but also for my picture communication system. I decided to wait to blog about it until I could see how it worked out.

I must say, I LOVE this system. Anyone can come into my room and look for a picture they might need. The drawers are labeled and all you do is pull out the pictures to locate the one you need. The pictures are also easy to put away, although I do keep a small basket right in front of the toolbox to throw pictures in. Then a classroom volunteer can quickly go through and put them away. I found throughout the year that I needed drawers that were just for a certain student (The bottom drawers are specific to students which is why they are blacked out). So I just wrote their name on one of the blanks.These worked great to keep student specific pictures organized.

I also love my toolbox with all of my supplies it, This made is super easy for all the paraprofessionals I work with to find things in my room instead of having to look on my messy organized in my way desk.

To make this I bought the blue toolboxes from Lowes. They are Stack-On 18 drawer Storage Cabinets. Right now they are $19.96 each, however you can go through Ebates and purchase it online to get 2% back. If you do in-store pickup then there is no shipping costs (You can find out more about Ebates by checking out this blog post.). I then made labels, printed them, laminated them and attached the labels to the insides of the drawers with double sided tape.

To save you some time I am going to share my labels. I used graphics from MyCuteGraphics and fonts from Kimberly Geswein Fonts.

Ready to go get your copy? Click here or on the picture to the right!!